Plato/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words plato and/or philosophy:

    “Man is the measure of all things; of that which is, that it is; of that which is not, that it is not.”
    —Protagoras or Plato (c. 490–421 B.C.)

    “La superstition met le monde entier en flammes; la philosophie les éteint. Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.”
    —Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)